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HCONRES 88 112th Congress House Armed Forces and National Security Congressional tributes Health personnel Military medicine Military personnel and dependents Nursing Racial and ethnic relations

Honoring Brigadier General Hazel Winifred Johnson-Brown, the first African-American woman to hold the rank of General in the United States Armed Forces.

Introduced: November 16, 2011 See on congress.gov
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Passed Senate
Feb 7, 2012
Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
Nov 18, 2011
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Nov 16, 2011
Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Nov 16, 2011
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Honors General Brigadier Hazel Johnson-Brown for outstanding achievements in and significant contributions to the nursing profession and her dedication to the U.S Army.

Recognizes General Johnson-Brown as the first African-American woman to hold the rank of General in the U.S. Armed Forces and the first African-American Chief of the Army Nurse Corps.

Advocates for women of color to enter nursing and supports strategies to remedy the national shortage of nurses.

What's happening now February 7, 2012

Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 4
 Cosponsors 8
All 8 Democratic 7
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Clarke, Yvette D.
New York · Nov 16, 2011
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Cleaver, Emanuel
Missouri · Nov 16, 2011
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Johnson, Henry C. "Hank"
Georgia · Nov 16, 2011
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McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · Nov 16, 2011
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Meeks, Gregory W.
New York · Nov 16, 2011
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Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Nov 16, 2011
SMITH, LAMAR
· Nov 16, 2011
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Wilson, Frederica S.
Florida · Nov 16, 2011
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H. Con. Res. 88: Honoring Brigadier General Hazel Winifred Johnson-Brown, the first African-American woman to hold the rank of General in the United States Armed Forces.. 112th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HCONRES-88/
MLA
"H. Con. Res. 88: Honoring Brigadier General Hazel Winifred Johnson-Brown, the first African-American woman to hold the rank of General in the United States Armed Forces.." 112th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HCONRES-88/.
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H. Con. Res. 88, 112th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HCONRES-88/.
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[H. Con. Res. 88: Honoring Brigadier General Hazel Winifred Johnson-Brown, the first African-American woman to hold the rank of General in the United States Armed Forces.](https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HCONRES-88/)
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